A car hydroplaned during Thursday's rain on Interstate 80 in Warren County, causing a crash that sent both occupants to an area hospital, New Jersey State Police said.
The crash occurred about 5:15 p.m. on I-80 West near mile-marker 13 in Hope Township, state police said.
As the driver lost control, the car hydroplaned into the guardrail then cut sideways into the middle lane and struck the trailer of a tractor-trailer, according to Trooper Johnathan Lopuski, who investigated the crash.
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Firefighter used a pneumatic spreading tool to pry open both the front and back passenger doors to free the occupants, who are from Ohio, Lopuski said. They were taken by ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries to an area hospital.
The tractor-trailer driver was unhurt.
Firefighter used a pneumatic spreading tool to pry open both the front and back passenger doors and free the occupants of this car involved in the Sept. 10, 2015, crash on I-80 West in Warren County. (Robert Halberstadt | Lehighvalleylive.com contributor) The crash closed the left and center lanes about 20 minutes, Lopuski said.
No charges are pending in the crash, according to police.
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